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Spot Enterprise and Spot Arm
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Spot Enterprise and Spot Arm

An upgraded Spot that docks and recharges itself for long autonomous missions, launched with an arm and gripper and the Scout remote-operation software.

Price
—base Spot was $74,500
Height
—Not published
Weight
—Not published
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

Turned Spot into a self-charging mobile manipulator that can open doors, turn valves and pull levers.

Real-world use

Sold from 2 February 2021; Boston Dynamics had sold over 400 Spots by then.

Timeline

First shown
2021-02-02
Released
2021-02-02
Boston Dynamics product line expansion

Maker

Boston DynamicsCompany · founded 1992 · Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Owned by Hyundai Motor Group since June 2021 (80% stake bought from SoftBank for about $880M; SoftBank kept about 20%).

Public attention

How much public attention Spot Enterprise and Spot Arm gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Walks on legs
How it runs
Fully autonomous. It runs recorded inspection missions by itself and docks to recharge; Scout lets an operator drive it remotely when needed.
Hands
Spot Arm: a body-mounted manipulator with gripper that grasps, lifts, carries, places and drags objects, opens valves, pulls levers, turns handles and opens push and pull doors, manually or semi-autonomously
Sensors & vision
Spot CAM+IR thermal and image payload for inspection rounds
Battery & power
Spot Enterprise is self-charging and ships with a docking station
AI & software
Scout web-based fleet control from a virtual control room, with pre-programmed autonomous missions or manual driving (later succeeded by Orbit)
Other details
Enterprise version upgraded safety, communications, Wi-Fi range, payload-port flexibility and large data offload

Named suppliers:Trimble

Lineage

Every Boston Dynamics machine in order.

  1. RHexRHex2001Research
  2. BigDogBigDog2005Retired
  3. LittleDogLittleDog2005Retired
  4. RiSERiSE2006Retired
  5. Sand FleaSand Flea2012Retired
  6. LS3 (Legged Squad Support System)LS3 (Legged Squad Support System)2012Retired
  7. CheetahCheetah2012Retired
  8. WildCatWildCat2013Retired
  9. Spot (now called Spot Classic)Spot (now called Spot Classic)2015Retired
  10. SpotMiniSpotMini2016Retired
  11. HandleHandle2017Retired
  12. Handle (logistics version)Handle (logistics version)2019Retired
  13. SpotSpot2019Commercial
  14. StretchStretch2021Commercial
  15. Spot Enterprise and Spot ArmSpot Enterprise and Spot Arm2021Commercial

Watch Spot Enterprise and Spot Arm

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Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not publishedbase Spot was $74,500
How to get one
No official buying page found
Sold or delivered
More than 400 Spots in the field at launch (February 2021)
Where it is sold or used
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Boston Dynamics adds Spot Arm, Spot Enterprise and Scout

    Boston Dynamics expanded the Spot line with a self-docking Enterprise model, a manipulator arm and Scout fleet-control software.

    Boston Dynamics

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureSpot Enterprise and Spot ArmSpot Enterprise and Spot ArmBoston DynamicsVision 60Vision 60Ghost Robotics (majority-owned by LIG Nex1 since 2024)Same job: inspection · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilotsANYmal DANYmal DANYboticsSame job: inspection · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilotsSpirit 40Spirit 40Ghost RoboticsSame job: inspection · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots
First shown2021-02-022021-0520212020
StatusCommercialCommercialCommercialCommercial
Height—69 cm89 cm—
Weight—51 kg55.7 kg—
Joints—1212—
Speed—9 km/h4.7 km/h—
Payload—10 kg10 kg—
Battery—3.1 h2 h—
Price—$100,000——

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics expands Spot product line TechCrunch Soon Boston Dynamics' Spot will be remotely opening doors anywhere Boston Dynamics Spot product page

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